In verschiedenen Handlungssträngen kreuzen sich eine ruinierte Liebesbeziehung, ein um Sterbehilfe bettelnder alter Mann, eine Live-Show, in der die Kandidaten gnadenlos dem Publikum geopfert werden, eine Tänzerin, die trotz Selbstoptimierung dem Altern nicht entrinnen kann und der Mensch mit der Maske, der um jeden Preis berühmt werden will. Und zwischen all dem rollt ein Leichenfahrer seine "Kundschaft" durch einen langen Gang und macht sich seine ganz eigenen ungetrübten Gedanken über Leben und Tod.
What is life? Is it the yearning of a lover, the fear of growing old, the rebellious struggle for a dignified death or the hunt for the most clicks? Is it maybe just a show? ROLAND REBER'S CABARET OF DEATH paints a multi-layered picture of existence and puts the taboo subject of death back in line into the circle of life. In various storylines a ruined relationship crosses paths with an old man begging for euthanasia, a live show featuring candidates who are mercilessly sacrificed to the audience, a dancer who cannot escape ageing despite her self-optimization and a man with the mask who craves to be famous at all costs. And between all this, a corpse driver rolls his "clients" through a long corridor and shares his very personal and unaffected thoughts about life and death. "The film was once a stage play which I produced following my father's death. It was in 1984. Many viewers thought there wasn't anything like such an interactive entertainment show in which contestants would ...
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